Constructor Detail

• LowLevelHttpRequest

  public LowLevelHttpRequest()

Method Detail

• addHeader

  public abstract void addHeader(String name,
                                 String value)
                          throws IOException

  Adds a header to the HTTP request.

  Note that multiple headers of the same name need to be supported, in which case addHeader(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) will be called for each instance of the header.

  Parameters:

  name - header name

  value - header value

  Throws:

  IOException

• setContentLength

  public final void setContentLength(long contentLength)
                              throws IOException

  Sets the content length or less than zero if not known.

  Default value is -1.

  Throws:

  IOException - I/O exception

  Since:

  1.14

• getContentLength

  public final long getContentLength()

  Returns the content length or less than zero if not known.

  Since:

  1.14

• setContentEncoding

  public final void setContentEncoding(String contentEncoding)
                                throws IOException

  Sets the content encoding (for example "gzip") or null for none.

  Throws:

  IOException - I/O exception

  Since:

  1.14

• getContentEncoding

  public final String getContentEncoding()

  Returns the content encoding (for example "gzip") or null for none.

  Since:

  1.14

• setContentType

  public final void setContentType(String contentType)
                            throws IOException

  Sets the content type or null for none.

  Throws:

  IOException - I/O exception

  Since:

  1.14

• getContentType

  public final String getContentType()

  Returns the content type or null for none.

  Since:

  1.14

• setStreamingContent

  public final void setStreamingContent(StreamingContent streamingContent)
                                 throws IOException

  Sets the streaming content or null for no content.

  Throws:

  IOException - I/O exception

  Since:

  1.14

• getStreamingContent

  public final StreamingContent getStreamingContent()

  Returns the streaming content or null for no content.

  Since:

  1.14

• setTimeout

  public void setTimeout(int connectTimeout,
                         int readTimeout)
                  throws IOException

  Sets the connection and read timeouts.

  Default implementation does nothing, but subclasses should normally override.

  Parameters:

  connectTimeout - timeout in milliseconds to establish a connection or 0 for an infinite timeout

  readTimeout - Timeout in milliseconds to read data from an established connection or 0 for an infinite timeout

  Throws:

  IOException - I/O exception

  Since:

  1.4

• execute

  public abstract LowLevelHttpResponse execute()
                                        throws IOException

  Executes the request and returns a low-level HTTP response object.

  Throws:

  IOException